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CrossFit, Inc. Suspends Use of Facebook and Associated Services

Accepted submission by canopic jug at 2019-05-25 07:49:44 from the delete-facebook dept.
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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

CrossFit has announced in a press releast that it has closed its Facebook accounts [crossfit.com] as of May 22, 2019. CrossFit is an almost 20 year old branded fitness regimen. Its press release goes into quite a bit of detail into the problems caused by use of Facebook and its subsidiary services such as Instagram and enummerates eight specific examples of deal-breakers.

Earlier on SN:
Facebook Still Tracks You After You Deactivate Your Account [soylentnews.org] (2019)
Didn't Think Facebook Could Get Any Worse? Think Again. [soylentnews.org] (2018)
Why No One Trusts Facebook [soylentnews.org] (2014)

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